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Mon 15July2019 5aEDT/4aCDT: Winds 25mph with some higher gust, moving North 9mph, pressure 1008mb. The NHC is only issuing center position guidance. Responsibility for further information has been delegated to WPC (Weather Prediction Center). For additional information see their website ( The scroll-able column to the right of the main first image has some specific info such as storm summaries, high rain rates mesoscale discussions, rain outlooks, etc. here: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ ) and your local NWS office ( www.weather.gov ). VERY heavy rain band over central LA and MS regions this AM. Very high rain rates of several inches per hour possible in those per WPC.
Mon 15July2019 1014aEDT/914aCDT - WPC’s latest discussion on band of heavy training(setting up repeatedly over same areas) showers dumping potentially 2-3in per hour rainfall rates central LA & MS: https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/met...d=0607&yr=2019
Some additional preliminary rainfall totals with nearest location shown as of 5pEDT/4pCDT Tue 16July2019:
Louisiana:
23.58" Ragley
18.16" Oberlin
16.08" Marksville
14.96" Gillis
13.72" Moss Bluff
13.40" Buhler
12.94" Bordelonville
12.86" DE Quincy
Mississippi:
13.30" Pass Christian
9.97" Ocean Springs
8.68" Louin
8.36" Philadelphia
8.02" Vicksburg
Arkansas (state record for a tropical system is 13.91" (Allison 1989), possible record broken):
13.50" Murfreesboro
12.73" Langley
11.69" Antoine
9.97" Dierks
Alabama:
9.33" Montrose
8.36" Fairhope
8.13" Daphne
7.75" Spanish Fort
7.61" Point Clear
6.03" Mobile
I wish I could've commented on this earlier. I was actually in Southern Louisiana just a few days before the epic rainfall that hit New Orleans. During that time an extremely stubborn ridge was in place, lows were low 80's and highs in the upper 90's. It was extremely hot in New Orleans.
After returning to Austin my gf told me New Orleans was flooded and as I hadn't been keeping up with the storm, I thought it was odd. Now I realize an outer rain band of Barry hit New Orleans that day and that was the most the city was going to get.
Where Barry hit is very close to Avery Island, home of where Tabasco Sauce is made. Ironically I had just purchased some exotic flavors, including a vinagrette that you can only purchase at their store and an 8 year old aged brand along with a Chipotle brand.
During the drive to NOLA we went over the Bonnet Carre spillway which takes the overflow from the MS River and spills it into Lake Pontchartrain. The current was extremely swift in the spillway, usually at this time of year it's very still.
I think the current of the MS River was so strong it kept the approaching tides at bay. During Katrina it was a low water time and so the river was able to rise quicker.
Lower Plaquemines flooded bad but they always do. New Orleans had another close call but all's okay. They live to see another day.
This was one of those storms where many may not appreciate how close a place like New Orleans was to disaster with the height of the Mississippi River. Don’t need a real storm testing the levees right now.
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My total since Friday evening is at 3.02". 
